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Creating an equitable, sustainable 🌍 with business, government, civil society & as an individual | My views
Today is #ShowYourStripes day.

A powerful visualisation by Professor @edhawkins.org depicting the reality of climate change and the urgency to act.

Download stripes for your region: www.ShowYourStripes.info
June 21, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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IMPORTANT: NASA map shows temperatures of up to 160 degrees on Phoenix streets & sidewalks. All that unrelenting concrete and asphalt for cars. Not nearly enough trees. They start with ridiculous heat that’s only getting worse with the #ClimateCrisis, & then make it much worse with bad design.
NASA map shows temperatures up to 160 degrees on Phoenix streets, sidewalks
Data from June 19, when the daily high was 106 degrees, shows asphalt across the city that day was between 120 and 160 degrees.
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May 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Happy Earth Day!
April 22, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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⏩Politics affect the speed of change, but not the ultimate direction. This is one of six key priorities in the Competing in the Age of Disruption report. Download your copy: ow.ly/G1Hk50VBzO0

Below, read what business leaders have taken from the report. #TransformingMarkets
April 16, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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At this historic moment of geopolitical change and economic transformation, the question for businesses is whether they will step up to shape the future - or be shaped by it.

Discover how #TransformingMarkets is critical for business's survival: cisl.shorthandstories.com/business-lea...
April 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Integrating sustainability at board level is not just the right thing to do; it’s a key driver of value creation. My thoughts at @edienet.bsky.social #edie25

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#edie25 | Munish Datta मुनीश दत्ता
Integrating sustainability at board level is not just the right thing to do; it’s a key driver of value creation. I learnt a lot from being part of an…
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March 28, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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To date only 17.6% of land and inland waters are protected and 8.4% of oceans safeguarded.

The “Protected Planet Report 2024” shows where we stand and what more must be done, #ForPeopleForPlanet: www.unep.org/resources/re...
February 26, 2025 at 6:47 AM
A global poll of 500 CFOs by Kearney has revealed that most believe sustainability is a value driver rather than a cost burden.

www.kearney.com/service/sust...
February 19, 2025 at 4:58 PM
‘The great climate disconnect’

Pilita Clark in the FT describing the gargantuan, political, social and economic challenge of turning climate action ‘promise’ into ‘practice’ whilst living with the consequences of ‘delay’.

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The great climate disconnect
New attempts to prolong the fossil fuel era have come at precisely the wrong time
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February 16, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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Recommended read: A @desmog.bsky.social investigation outlined how the six largest communication companies present themselves as climate friendly while helping to promote fossil fuels.

📝 Kathryn Clare and Cartie Werthman
Ad Firms Make Oil Companies Look Green. Here’s Six Ways They Greenwash Themselves.
Imagine spending countless hours producing a catchy ad campaign that’s now blanketing the internet. Views are bubbling up like champagne fizz. The creative team is high-fiving each other down the…
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February 16, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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🌧️66% of all crop production comes from rainfed agriculture.

💧Yet, as #climatechange and deforestation alter local precipitation patterns, farmers will find it increasingly difficult to grow rainfed crops.

Understand the data: buff.ly/3PHa2FI
January 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The 20th edition of the WEF Global Risks Report captures risks across the three time horizons (today, +2y and +10y). Highlights 'societal fractures' from rising inequality, societal polarisation & decline in health & wellbeing.

www.weforum.org/publications...
January 15, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Since July 2023, almost EVERY MONTH has exceeded the 1.5 degrees centigrade compared to the pre-industrial period as 2024 is declared the warmest year on record globally with consequences being felt across the world, right now.

climate.copernicus.eu/copernicus-2...
January 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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How the world is already adapting to climate change

- @carbonbrief.org maps and describes the most comprehensive assessment to date of the scientific literature on climate adaptation

By @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org and @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social

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Interactive: How the world is already adapting to climate change
People around the world are already living with the impacts of climate change. Faced with record-breaking heatwaves, storms and floods, many have been forced to adapt to a new reality.
interactive.carbonbrief.org
January 7, 2025 at 9:37 AM
The most powerful communication of the #climatecrisis is #showyourstripes brilliantly conceived by @edhawkins.org inspiring billions to reverse them from red to blue.

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Show Your Stripes
Visualising how the climate has changed for every country across the globe
showyourstripes.info
January 4, 2025 at 9:42 AM
1,066 good news stories of human ingenuity and heartening trends to provide inspiration for 2025.

Read and feel your spirits rise >>

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1,066 Good News Stories You Didn't Click On in 2024
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January 2, 2025 at 5:26 PM
If ‘Greenlash’ (backlash against environmental policies) is the ‘2024 year in a word’ then ‘Greenforce’ may be the word of 2025 as climate consequences & unrelenting economic shifts disrupt lives, assets and markets, and forces political, economic and public volition.

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Year in a word: Greenlash
The seemingly unrelenting rise of populism has spurred a retreat from environmental targets
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December 30, 2024 at 11:40 AM
I’m pleased to be contributing to the Advisory Board for @edienet.bsky.social #Edie25 to help shape the content programme for the UK’s longest-running and most impactful sustainable business event.

Secure your ticket before 6 December for up to 30% off your ticket. See you there - lnkd.in/eGwNdArq
December 3, 2024 at 2:24 PM
Can a company achieve economic growth with environmental stewardship?

Based on a new methodology, TIME and @statista.bsky.social have identified the worlds best companies for sustainable growth: demonstrating both outstanding financial and environmental performance.

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World’s Best Companies in Sustainable Growth 2025
TIME and Statista have named 500 companies pairing growth with environmental stewardship
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December 1, 2024 at 4:58 PM
At a pivotal moment for our planet, society, & economy, I had the privilege of joining renowned thought leaders and @financialtimes1.bsky.social editors @andrewtghill.bsky.social, @pilitaclark.bsky.social for a far reaching discussion on this CJBS programme www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/executive-ed...
December 1, 2024 at 4:51 PM
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👋 Hello Bluesky! We'd like to introduce ourselves. The Cambridge Institute for #Sustainability Leadership (CISL) is an impact-led institute within Cambridge University @cambridgeuni.bsky.social that activates #leadership globally to transform economies for people, nature and climate.
November 26, 2024 at 9:19 AM
The economic force of the green transition is transcending resistance from global geopolitics.

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November 22, 2024 at 7:00 AM
The mega rich make billions while we struggle with the cost of living and climate crises. Agree that enough is enough? Join me in demanding a new wealth tax! act.350.org/sign/pay-up-...

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Tax Their Billions
YouTube video by 350.org
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November 19, 2024 at 4:05 PM